Lamar University’s Danny Iles and Justin Royal caught five bass that weighed 15 pounds, 12 ounces to lead the 20-team field after the first day of the National Guard FLW College Fishing Southern Conference Championship on Lake Dardanelle.

Arkansas Tech University’s Reagan Moore and Evan Barnes caught five bass that weighed 10-13, good enough for eighth place. All 20 teams will fish again today, then the field will be cut to the top five teams for Saturday’s finale. Weigh-in’s are taking place at 4 p.m. today and Saturday at Walmart in Russellville.

LSU-Shreveport’s Joseph Landry and Gavin Havard are in second place with a catch of 13-14. In third is the Angelo State team of Ethan George and Josh Seale with a limit that tipped the scales at 12-8. Two ounces behind is Texas State University’s David Cosner and Jared Brown, who are in fourth place with a catch of 12-6.

Two Louisiana-Monroe teams are at No. 5 and No. 6, respectively. Paul Clark and Brett Preuett are fifth after they caught four bass that weighed 11-8. Nick Ladart and Brian Eaton are sixth with 11-5. Stephen F. Austin’s Kyle Turner and Robert Platt are in seventh after catching 11-3.

Behind Arkansas Tech is the University of Texas-Tyler team of Charlie Brown and Matthew McClellan, who are in ninth place with 8-3. Shane Stoddard and Drew Rabb of Henderson State University are in 10th place after catching three bass that weighed 7-12.